His Private Duty
French Conquests, Book 5
Max Lavigne always gets what he wants. Right now, he wants Sienna Trinidad in his bed for a summer fling and nothing more. Recently returned to France to handle family complications, Max sees the spirited American as the perfect escape from responsibilities he's determined to avoid.
Sienna has had enough of serious relationships. After back-to-back heartbreaks, she's ready to embrace a casual arrangement with the charming, dangerously attractive younger man who literally swept into her life on a motorcycle.
Their chemistry is undeniable. What starts as a temporary escape becomes something neither of them expected. Sienna falls hard, but when she discovers Max has hidden an entire life from her, she realizes his deception cuts deeper than any past betrayal.
Max never planned to fall in love. But now that he has, he'll stop at nothing to convince Sienna that he's worth a second chance.
For several seconds, Max stood there and stared at Sienna, taking in her sweet face, then smart attire, and her pretty feet. She looked as if she had lost some weight, and he wasn’t happy about that. Was it by design, or had he caused her enough distress that she’d lost her appetite? But weight loss or not, she was beautiful. Poised, perfect. And very mad at him.
“Well?” she demanded. Her irritation was clear in her voice and written on her face. It killed him to know he had put it there with this stupid ruse. “Are you gonna answer my questions?”
Where would he begin? He wondered. She deserved answers to more questions than she had voiced. But he’d been such an idiot from the get-go that he’d woven himself a tangled web from which it would be difficult indeed to free himself.
“I can’t believe I’ve found you,” he managed to say. “I’ve been looking for so long. You have no idea. I’ve been looking for you online for three months—”
“Maybe you couldn’t find me because I didn’t want you to,” she shot back.
That was fair, but it didn’t diminish how frantically he had searched. “It was only when I found your YouTube channel… There you were, as smart as always, looking so beautiful. I can’t express what it felt like to see your face again.”
She was still skeptical, still cautious. Frowning at him and glancing back towards the exit. He knew if he didn’t talk fast, he would lose her. He wanted to step forward, take her into his arms, but he didn’t dare.
So, he rushed in, his words tumbling over themselves. “I found your hometown, your business address, and your housekeeping service. I remembered you telling me about it. I figured the best way to finally get your attention was through your business. I bought this house when—”
“You bought a mansion for an excuse to see me?” She gaped at him.
